origins and development of single party authoritarian states
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Excellent resource for introducing Topic 3 of IB HIstory Syllabus. Created by a Colleague of Mine in Beijing.TRANSCRIPT
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
State Political Party Leader Period
USSR Communist Stalin 1903-1928-1953
Germany NSDAPNazi
1921-1933-1945Hitler
Argentina Partido Justicialista
1943-1946-1974Peron
China Communist 1921-1949-1976Mao
Egypt 1952-1956-1970Arab
Socialist Union Nasser
Cuba Communist Castro 1953-1959-2008
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, KPSS
CPSU
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Reichstag, May 1945Berlin
German parliament
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A street scene in Gysante, Xizang (Tibet)
Any guesses as to where this is?
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
万wan
swastika
For over 3000 years the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the world to represent
Another street scene in Gysante.
life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATESwhere?
In the 20th century, and in another form,
hatred, violence, racism, anti-semitism, genocide, war and hegemony!
the swastika came to symbolise
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Partido Justicialista
Social Justice Party
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Communist Party of China
中国共产党
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
National Union Party
Liberation Rally
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Communist Party of Cuba
Partido Comunista de Cuba
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
State Political Party Leader Period
USSR Communist Stalin 1903-1928-1953
Germany NSDAPNazi
1921-1933-1945Hitler
Argentina Partido Justicialista
1943-1946-1974Peron
China Communist 1921-1949-1976Mao
Egypt 1952-1956-1970Arab
Socialist Union Nasser
Cuba Communist Castro 1953-1959-2008
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
authoritarianismshowing a lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others
favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, esp. that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom
autocratic
d i c t a t o r i a ld e s p o t i c
a u t o c r a t i ct y r a n n i c a l
l i b e r a ld e m o c r a t i c
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
political partyAn organsation whose members share the same ideas and whose
aims are usually to achieve political power within government.
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Conservative Party
Christian Democratic Union
Hu Jintao
Barack Obama
Angela Merkel
David Cameron
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A state in which there are only two politcal parties.
two party state
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Labour Party
Christian Democratic Union
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A state in which there are only two politcal parties
two party state
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Labour Party
Christian Democratic Union
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Democratic Party Republican Party
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A state in which there are many political parties
mutil- party state
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Conservative Party
Christian Democratic Union
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
“left-wing”
The French National Assembly 1789The liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system.
In the National Assembly in France (1789–91), the nobles sat to the president's right and the commons to the left.
socialistcommunist
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
“right-wing”
The French National Assembly 1789The conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.
In the National Assembly in France (1789–91), the nobles sat to the president's right and the commons to the left.
tradionalistsconventionalists
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A political theory derived from Karl Marx,
advocating class war and leading to a society
in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid
according to their abilities and needs1818 - 1883
The Communist Manifestopublished in 1848
Karl Marx
Communism
German philosopher
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A political and economic system in which many factors of production
(land, labour, capital and enterprise)and essential services
(public utilities,transport, education, health etc)are owned and operated by the state
socialism
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A willingness to adopt or reject political and economic ideas from both the left and the right
and to promote individual freedoms.
liberalism
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A reluctance to change traditional values or waysand
cautiousness about change or innovation
conservatism
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
fascism
Fascism is a right-wing authoritarian political system which includes
• a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group
• a contempt for democracy
• an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader or demagogue
• significant government control of industry and business
• military might
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
a political leader who seeks support by
appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument
demagogue?
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
One nationOne peopleOne leader
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
political systems
communism conservatism fascism liberalism socialism
extremeleft-wing
extremeright-wing
communism conservatism fascismliberalismsocialism
authoritarian
totalitarian
authoritarian
totalitariandemocraticradical traditional
dictatorships dictatorships
individualmore
importantthan the state
statemore
importantthan the state
left-wing right-wing
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
economic systems
commandeconomies
mainlyfree
enterprise
statecapitalism
mixedeconomies
manystate ownedenterprises
capitalismsocialismcommunism fascism
political systems
extremeleft-wing
extremeright-wing
communism conservatism fascismliberalismsocialism
authoritarian
totalitarian
authoritarian
totalitariandemocraticradical traditional
dictatorships dictatorships
individual state
left-wing right-wing
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
ChinaUK
SwedenN Korea USA